CVE-2008-3263
highpriority · attend · 51EPSS 0.280 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The IAX2 protocol implementation in Asterisk Open Source 1.0.x, 1.2.x before 1.2.30, and 1.4.x before 1.4.21.2; Business Edition A.x.x, B.x.x before B.2.5.4, and C.x.x before C.1.10.3; AsteriskNOW; Appliance Developer Kit 0.x.x; and s800i 1.0.x before 1.2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (call-number exhaustion and CPU consumption) by quickly sending a large number of IAX2 (IAX) POKE requests.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-32095Asterisk 1.6 IAX - 'POKE' Requests Remote Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db
affected products (104)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (24)
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- http://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2008-010.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/30321.plenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31178enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31194enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34982enisa_euvd
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-01.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494675/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30321enisa_euvd
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